NANO/MICROSCALE METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK MATERIALS WITH SELECTIVE ADSORPTION AND SENSING PROPERTY

摘要

In the past years, porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have attracted remarkable research interests not only because of their intriguing framework structures, but also due to their interesting properties and potential applications such as adsorption, storage and separation, heterogeneous catalysis, chemical sensing and drug delivery. In addition, not only the chemical compositions and structures, but also the specific size and morphology dependent properties make porous MOF nano/micromaterials more attractive for the applications in some specific fields compared with the bulk MOFs. Furthermore, although the chemical composition and structure of MOF nano/micromaterials will dominate their properties, it has been found that the properties and applications of MOF nano/micromaterials also depend on their crystal morphology and size. Therefore, the controlled synthesis of porous MOF nano/micromaterials with specific morphology and size is attractive, however, remains still a great challenge.